Our adjunct and affiliate faculty have their primary appointments in other departments, but strengthen the Department of Biology and enhance the experience of our students.
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
regulation of gene expression by environmental factors such as light and oxygen; differentiation of bacteria into different cell types
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
population ecologist by training; development of mathematical models to understand the eco-evolutionary, demographic, and environmental drivers of seasonal epidemics and (re) emerging diseases
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
maintenance of genomic integrity with a focus on DNA helicases and other factors involved in DNA replication, recombination, and repair; the evolution of DNA helicases
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
roles of transcription factors in tumor progression and metastasis
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
Microbial structure, function and mechanism; evolution of chaperonin Hsp60; cryo-EM studies of human mitochondrial Hsp60
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
replication mechanism of RNA viruses; structure and function of viral RNA; development of RNA scaffolds to facilitate structure determination by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
structure and organization of biological membranes; phospholipid transporters; effect of diabetes on membrane structure.
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Chair, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins: a minimalist approach to structure and function
Adjunct Associate Professor, Medical Sciences
Research Interests
mechanisms of directed cell migration in C. elegans
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
molecules that drive interkingdom symbioses
Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Lilly Chemistry Alumni Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
metal sensor proteins in pathogenic bacteria; NMR structural studies of regulatory RNAs in mammalian RNA viruses
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Linda and Jack Gill Chair, Neuroscience
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of pain; novel pain therapies
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
mechanisms of transcription factor specificity in cancer
Professor, Mathematics
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
statistical genetics; phylogenetics; combinatorics; mathematical biology
Facility Manager, Light Microscopy Imaging Center
Assistant Research Scientist
Director, Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
Linda and Jack Gill Chair, Gill Center for Biomolecular Science
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
development of neural circuitry, particularly on how environmental factors like cannabis and opioids alter neural circuits and results in lasting impacts on behaviors; develop neuroprotective strategies to prevent neurodegeneration and dementia such as Alzheimer’s Disease
Director, Master of Science, Environmental Science Program
Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
single species; landscape scales
Associate Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics
Adjunct, Biology
(he/him/his)
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Professor, Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
cancer epigenetics; cancer stem cells; ovarian cancer; breast cancer, cancer biomarkers; cancer informatics; estrogen hormone action; microRNAs and cancer
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
detection and repair of DNA breaks with a focus on Homologous Recombination (HR) mediated DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair; interplay of DNA repair machinery and chromatin structures
Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
specific recognition by proteins of biologically relevant ligands; bacterial chromosome segregation; coiled coil proteins; structure and function of condensins and other structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins
Associate Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms by which inflammation initiates cancer-specific epigenetic changes
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
Research Interests
vertebrate paleontology, phylogenetics and morphometrics, comparative morphological variation at the level of the metapopulation, phenotypic evolution
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
molecular cellular basis of neuronal plasticity; learning and memory; functions of receptor tyrosine kinases in the central nervous system signal transduction; developmental neurobiology; neuronal and glial differentiation; functional roles of cell adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix proteins in morphogenesis
Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
aquatic biogeochemistry; water resources; nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers; water quality and nutrient standards
Genome Computing Group Leader (Lead Bioinformatician), Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, IU Bloomington
Assistant Research Scientist
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
development of the nervous system; plasticity of neural structure and function
Assistant Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
cancer immunotherapy, cancer stem cell, cancer neuroscience, cancer epigenetics, computational biology, drug discovery
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
cancer mechanisms and anti-cancer strategies; underlying mechanisms of disease pathogenesis in cancer and autoimmune disease
Head Librarian, Sciences
Associate Librarian
Professor, Informatics and Computing
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests
algorithmic and statistical problems in bioinformatics, particularly in: repeats and segmental duplication in eukaryotic genomes; fragment assembly in DNA sequencing; mass spectrometry data analysis for proteomics, glycomics and glycoproteomics; gene regulatory analysis
Standiford H. Cox Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
synthesis, study, and design of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis and bacterial cell morphology; development of HBV capsid-binding probes and assembly-directed antivirals; oxidized phospholipids in disease and diagnostics
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences Program
Adjunct, Biology
(she/her/hers)
Research Interests
mechanisms of chromosome segregation and aneuploidy; identification of new targets for therapeutic development
Associate Librarian
Adjunct Lecturer, Biology
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures
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